Advances in Food Science, Processing and Technology

Food Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology is technology is performed at the Nano scale and it can refer to the creation of new nanomaterial with specific properties or the use of nanomaterial in technology and also use of an existing technology  to produce nanoparticles. While many naturally-occurring nanomaterial’s exist. Nanotechnology advances have been applied to innumerable industries ranging from electronics and batteries to medicine and food products. In the food industry, nanotechnology has been utilized in order to enhance the delivery of food ingredients to target sites, increase flavour, inhibit bacterial growth, extend product shelf life and improve food safety. It involves the manipulation of microscopic matter that ranges from 1 to 100 nm in size. Because food and water are naturally made up of particles that are on the nanometre scale, engineered nanoparticles are able to penetrate these products easily based on their similar properties. These particles can act as a whole unit by performing similar transportation functions that prove useful in almost every industry, particularly involving food products.